Cane-stripper.



E. A. JONES.

CANE STRIPPER,

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18,1910.

pers; and I do hereby" declare the following 'tion of the invention, andFig. 2 is a plan Tr e CANE-STEIPIEB.

Specification of Application filed November 2-8, Serial Letters Patent.

"T J W. Kane/ ite To all whom may e Imam:

Be it known that I, EBER Ariims JOJES, citizen of the United States,residing at Stillwater, in the county of Payne and State of Oklahoma,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cane-Stripto be afull, clear, and exact description of 3 to the accompanying drawn form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful t improvements in canestrippers and coinpris s a simple and etticient device of this i natureadapted at a single stroke to strip the blades of a stalk.

The invention comprises various details of construction. combinationsand arran 'ements of parts which will be hereinafter l fully describedand then specifically detincd in the appended claim. 1 illustrate myinvention in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure l is a view showing the applicaview of the device.

Reference'non' being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a t handle having a cross-piece B fastened to the front endthereof, which handle is provided witha series of apertures C for thereception of the butt ends of the stripper blades D, the portions ofsaid butts which project through said apertures being threaded andadapted to receive the nuts E. The portions of said blades adjacent tothe inner end of the butt portion have shoulders which bear against theface of the cross-piece 0pposite the one engaged by said nuts whereby,as the nuts are tightened, the blades are securely held in clampedrelation to the cross piece. Said blades which are preferably ofrectangular shape in cross section are spaced apart a suitable distanceto receive the stalks of cane and are made preferably of resilientmaterial so that they will yield readily.

N designates a resilient bail-shaped wire,

the invention, such .as will enable others 1 l l t ters of referencemarked thereon, which i the ends of which are angled as at- N and passthrough apertures in the cross-piece and nuts 0 engage the threaded endsof said 3 and serve as means for securely holding the bail inthe l'isition shown in the drawings.

he cross-piece of said bail is positioned preferably about three inchesfrom the for- ,ward edge of the cross-piece to which it, is attached andserves two purposes, namely acting as brace to the stripper blades andsecondly as a guard to prevent the cane stalks from coming in contactwith the cross bar which in 'il have a tendency to cause tie stains tobecome wedged between the s and the bar. .-n ope ion, one longstrokefrom to) to bottom or the stall; is made, the static en tering one ofthe spaces intermediate two of the stripper blades, thus causing theleaves of the stall: to be severed therefrom and, as the edges of thestripper blades are blunt. the leaves are l'irolcen rather than out bysharp edge from the stalk. 'lhe stripper blades being made of resilientmaterial will adjusttheinselves at once to the size of the stalk beingoperatedvnpon. In the event of the stripper being moved rapidly downwardand at the proper angle to the leaf, the stalitinay be completelystripped at one stroke of the device. The resilient bailshaped memberpassing at ri 'ht angles across the stripper blades would have a bailwhich project through said apertures tendency, as stated, to reinforceand brace said angled threaded ends, said bail-shaped member beingresilient and positioned cross wise of and adjacent to said blades. .lntestimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

EBER ATKINS JONES.

Witnesses MARY None, F. C. LINCOLN.

